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Topic: Stage 4 - triple negative breast cancer, mets to lungs

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Stage IV and Metastatic Breast Cancer ONLY —

A place for those managing the ups & downs of a Stage IV/metastatic breast cancer diagnosis. Please respect that this forum is for Stage IV members only. There is a separate forum For Family and Caregivers of People with a STAGE IV Diagnosis.

Diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in May of 2014, went through FEC chemo and weekly Taxol for 5 months, then 33 radiation treaments . All of this after a lumpectomy to remove the small tumor. Skip to August 2016, metastasized into tumors on my lungs. Started Carbo/Abraxane chemo....seeing shrinking tumors but still constantly worried. Gained 45 lbs but trying to live life. Taken several trips since August and still planning them but I feel like everything I have read has a bad prognosis for this kind of cancer. Really sad! Anyone else???

I too was dx'd with tumors in my lungs in July, 2009. I think I am a "real" triple negative. Back in 2009, triple negative did look like an immediate death threat - but that is changing as the therapies become better targeted. Get yourself a top medical team in a research setting with access to clinical trials.

So encouraging to read your story! My sister has triple negative stage IV mets and is looking for someone that is going through it that she can communicate with. Do you have a blog or recommendation for how to find others battling this beast? God Bless